Kansas - Lamplight Symphony

      
 
                 Am                   Cm                   Gm 
 On a winter's night, stars are cold and bright in the sky,
 Gm                          Fm          Gm 
 The slumber of the earth is pure and deep
 Am                  Cm                      Gm 
 From a distant wood, drifts the echo of a beast
 Gm                   Fm                  Am 
 The old man stirs and wakens in the night
 Dm                                             C 
 He stands before the window gazing at the grave
 Dm                                                 C 
 Forgotten dreams are flashing through his weary mind
 Dm                               C                              A2 
 And though his life is empty, he pretends that she's still there
 
 Am                       Cm                                  Gm 
 With hunger in his soul, he yearns for life and love gone by,
 Gm                Fm              Gm 
 With memories his one and only joy
 Am                       Cm                                               Gm 
 But All he has to give, you know he would gladly give to bring back the life,
 Gm                    Fm                   Am 
 And raise the one who lies beneath the snow
 Dm                                             C  
 He lights a lamp and looks at pictures of the past
 Dm                                             C        
 The faces of their youth still glow with new-found love,
 Dm                         C                     A2   
 But the pictures faded, and time has stolen youth away
 
 Dm                                            Cm          
 With a spoken word that he thought he heard from her lips,
 Dm                      Bb           F 
 He felt another presence in the room,
 Dm                                          Cm      
 He was filled with fear but turned with joy he arose
 Dm                                       Am 
 And turned to face the image that he knew
 Dm                                                Cm 
 She stood before him and her hand reached out for his
 Dm                                Bb 
 A peaceful light shone in her eyes
 C                                  Bb                        Dm     
 She said she'd come to soothe him, and that someday they'd be as one
 
 Am                   Cm                     Gm 
 She began to fade and her image disappeared,
 Gm                      Fm                 Gm 
 So he was left alone to face another night,
 Am                               Cm         Gm 
 Never in his life, had he been so held in awe,
 Gm                  Fm              Am 
 As he faced the apparition of his wife
 Dm                                             C 
 He stood before the window gazing at the grave,
 Dm                                             C    
 And with a lightened heart he saw the first of dawn,
 Dm                                C                         D 
 He knew that she was waiting, that someday they'd be as one